Pipe-supporting system for locomotive-engines.



- A. R. AYERS." PIPE SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR LOGOMOTIVE ENGINES.

APPLICATION rnsn rams, 1911.

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F'IGLL A. R. AYERS.

' PIPE SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR LOGOMOTIVB ENGINES.

APPLICATION IiLED PEB.9, 1911.

Patented May 28,1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented May 29, 31912.

Application filed February 3, 1911. Serial No. 607,553.

To all whom z't may 00mm,-

Be it known that I, AUoUs'rrNn R, Arms, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pipe-Sup tive boiler, as Well as the cylinder cock op-.r

crating rods, may be supported in definitely located relation in such manner that the pipes and rods maybe spaced at the minimum practicable distance apart, and any single one or more of them be readily in serted in and removed from a determined normal position withoutdiability to misplacen'ient or-interference withother similarly supported pipes and rods.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure gi-ne, illustrating an application of my invent-ion; Fig. 2, an end view, on a larger scale, of one form of a pipe support, detached; and, Fig. 3, a front view of the same.

In the practice ofmy invention, 1 provide means for definitely locating, and supporting, in predetermined and invariable normal posit-ions upon a locomotive engine,

a pluralityof pipes and a rod or rods, constituting members thereof, said. means consisting of-two or more supports, located in different transverse planes of the locomotive, and of such construction, as hereinafter fully described, as to insure the erection, and replacement in normal position after detachment, of each of said members, and to afford the capacity of ready detachment and replacement of any one or more of them, without interference with any other member. In prior practice, so-far as myknowledge and information extend, the

erection of such pipes and rods has been carried out without any predetermined relative location, and has belenlargely, if not wholly, a matter in the'i'cliscretion of the workmen, with .the result that they frequently fail to be disposed in theu'nost desirable manner, relatively to other parts, causing unnecessary expanse of pipe fitting and clamping, and strains in piping, and wear in pipes on account ofrubbing'each other and other parts of the locomotive, and, when taken down, there is no rule or system controlling their proper replacement. These objections are overcome under my invention, by the application of suit-- ably located simple and inexpensive sup porting-devices, the details of construction of which will now be described.

Each of myimproved supports consists of a clamp body, 1, of cast, forged or pressed metal, which, in the instance illustrated, is, in order to combine strength and lightness, made in the form of a plate or web, having lateral flanges on its sides and ends, and saving plane front face, 2, in' which are formed a plurality as sch tially semi-cylindrical grooves or reces 3, the diameter of each of which co responds With the outside diameter of one of the lines of steem,'water or air pipe, or with that of a cylinder cock operating rod which the appliance is intended to support. Said grooves org ecesses are so i'elativel. located in the body as to be suited to the desired so "relative positions of the several pipes and rods which they are, respectively,designed. to'support, and'there'tore to insure the erec tion, and the replacement when detached, of each of said pipes and rods, in a prcde termined normal position.- The opposite face, l, of the body, which constitutes bearing face of the same against the 1 tion of the locomotive on which it is sup ported, conforms to that of such supporting portion, which, in the instance shown, is the curved shell of the locomotive boiler, 5, the bearing face, 4, being therefore corresponding'ly' curved. Where it is found more convenient or desirable to support the clamp body upon the running board, 6, of the loeo- 1noti ve, or any other portion thereof presenting' e flat surface, the bearing face of the clamp body is made flat, accordingly. The clamp bodies are secured detachably upon the locomotive, in such desired and determined positions as may be best suit-edto the length and general directioh of the pipe lines which are to be supported, by bolts, 7, and nuts, 8. The clamp bodies are, as shown, secured to their sup orts independently of the cops, so that t e caps can be removed inall cases Without disturbing the clamp bodies.

As shown in Fig. 1,two clamp bodies, 1, 1. are secured. to the Waist of the income tive boiler, at a convenient distence apart longitudinally thereon, and, in this instance,

are provided for the support of four lines of pipe, viz: the toiwvardly and the rearwardly extending sections of the air brake pump delivery pipe, f), the air pinup exhaustpipe, 10, and the. blower pipe, 1-1. It will, however, be obvious that. dependent upon the number of grooves. 3. Formed in the clamp bodies, they will be adapted for the support of a greater or less number of pipe lines, accordingly as the special design of the loco.- n'iotive may require.

The pipe lines. 9, 9, l0, and 1.1. are inserted in the grooves, 3, of the clamp bodies, in which the are held, with the capacity of ready removal and replacement as required, by caps. 12, each having a. substantially semi-cylindrical groove or recess, 13, in its inner face, correspondino, in diameter with one of the grooves, 51, ot the clamp body, said caps being; connected removably to the clamp body by bolts, l t, and nuts, 15. In order to enable the pipe lines to be set as closely together as is permitted by the clearance necessary for unions or other fittings, the caps, 12, ot the several pipe lines, are alternated in position upon the clamp bodies, so that the lines of their ends overlap in the longitudinal direction of the clamp body, .EtGll pipe line being thus entirely clear of the caps of the adjacent lines, and the same pattern of cap being used for the same diameter ot. pipe in all locations.

It will be apparent to those familiar with the construction and operation of locomotives, that my improvement is readily adaptable, at slight cost, in locomotives of any of the present standard constructions, and that it presents the advantages of accuplanes, each of saidclamp bodies being i.n-

tegral and having a bearing face on one side adapted to fit against a fixed part of the locomotive, and a plurality of substantially selniarylindrical grooves on its opposite side l or the reception, in predetermined relative locations, of a plurality of cylindrical members, and ii'idependently detachable caps,

secured to said clamp bodies, for holding said members in normal relative positions.

2. In a pipe support for locomotive engines, the combination of an integral clamp body having a bearing face on one side adapted to fit against a support on the locomotive, and an opposite plane face having a plurality of substantially semi-cylindrical grooves for the reception of pipe lines, correspondingly grooved independently detachable caps fitting over each of the grooves of I the body and alternated in position thereon so that their end lines overlap in the longitudinal direction thereof, and bolts securing said caps t the clamp body.

AUGUSTINE R. AYERS.

\Vitnesses P. P. Mnrrz, F. H. REAGAN. 

